[closed] Re: Steps with no type in p:library

"Toman_Vojtech@emc.com" <Toman_Vojtech@emc.com> writes:
> Consider the following pipeline library:
>
> <p:library>
>   <p:pipeline type="some:type">
>     ...
>   </p:pipeline>
>
>   <p:pipeline>
>     <!-- pipeline with no type -->
>     ...
>   </p:pipeline>
> </p:library>
>
> Is this allowed? Can you have pipelines with no type in p:library?

The WG considered this and concluded that it was not an error.

> If
> so, what happens if you import such a library?

The pipelines that have no type are effectively invisible to the
importing pipeline.

> Do you get err:XS0053
> ("It is a static error to import a single pipeline if that pipeline does
> not have a type."), or do only the steps with a type get imported?

The latter.

In retrospect, I'm not sure err:XS0053 is really necessary, but I
don't feel strongly enough about it to champion removing it at this
stage.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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